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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you, that is helpful as well.   Still a bit confused though... there is a difference between board members and founders, isn't there?  The criteria for being a Board Member (even if you're an original Board Member) usually does not require the sweat equity, time and intense commitment that being a founder does, right?

I can understand why founders' kids would get preference (at least in the first classes), while maybe Board Members would be limited, because really without the founders, the school wouldn't exist.

So does the language above mean that all founders become part of the "Founding Board", plus other types of Board members, but ALL Board Members are eligible for the Founding Board exception for their kids?

If so, I can see how that could get hairy.  Sometimes you pick founding board members who have political connections/clout, or who are basically "good names" to have on your board, but they haven't necessarily done a whole lot to make the school happen.  I bet there are tons of interesting stories from charters that already exist on how they navigated this dynamic when it came to which kids got preference, although maybe there was more equality of how much work founding board members put in in the DC charter schools?[/quote]

As I understand the law/process-- the founders make up the Founding Board-- which is the initial Board of Trustees at the proposal stage and after the charter is granted.  After the school opens, the board members can change (although I think the cap is always 15) by votes like any other organization.  But only founding board members, that is the initial Board of Trustees are eligible for the Founding board exception.  The people that put in the sweat equity get the exception.

Now, all the founding board members are not necessarily parents, only 2 have to be.  You do not want the majority of the board to be families that are trying to get their kids into a school or else they are well connected or can bring something to the table.  Some of your board members should be experts with no conflict of interest (i.e., not invested in the school for the sake of their kids).

Oh, and I like the name :)
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